The newer intaglio rotary printing press such as the Huck- Cottrell printing press that were made to supplement and to replace the older Stickney rotary press starting in the mid 1950's by the BEP has been called a dry press by many. This newer press did use less water (5%-10%) to wet paper rolls than the old press did (15%-35%) so it was drier than the old wetter press. This new press also gummed the paper rolls after printing like the old press did. However, I do not consider this newer press to be a true dry rotary press at the time because it did not use pregummed paper rolls. However, I believe that their printed products (stamps) are referred to as dry (drier) printings in order to distinguish them from wet (wetter) printings, even though this press was not a true dry printing press until after it later started to only use pregummed paper.

Thanks jogil, I just took for granted that the BEP Giori press was a web - fed rotary press going by what other printers used and looking at this pic of the first Giori/Koenig & Bauer multicolour press from the early nineteen fifties which is probably very similar to the press BEP bought in the mid fifties.

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